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Patented `luly 16, 1929.

UNITED STATI-:s

WrLLY EDELMUTH, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

REENFORCED BOTTLE.

Application led October 24, 1927.V Serial No. 228,470.

This invention relates to bottles and-more particularly to a bottle having its bottom and neck reeniorced by metal bands disposed about the bottle and firmly anchored thereto.

Bottles which are now generally employed for soft drinks and the like are closed by metal caps which are crimped tightly about the mouth of the bottle by a capping machine and it often happens that when capping the bottles the blow delivered by the capping machine will cause the bottom or the mouth of the bottle to be broken. This not only causes loss of the bottle but also renders the contents unusable as there is danger of glass talling into the bottle. It also often happens that when removing a cap the mouth of the bottle will be broken.

Therefore, one object of the invention is to provide reenorceme-nts disposed about the bottom and mouth of the bottle to preventdanger of the bottle being broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide a reenforcement for the mouth of the bottle which when applied thereto will not prevent a cap of a conventional construction and size from being employed to seal the bottle.

Another object of the invention is to form the reenforcing bands with tongues which are embedded in the bottle during molding thereof and thereby cause the reenforcin g bands to be firmly anchored to the bottle and prevented from working loose.

Another object of the invention is to dispose the anchoring tongues in such spaced relation to each other that the bottle will not be unduly weakened by having the tongues embedded in it.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing a bottle in side elevation with the reen'forcements applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a view looking down upon the mouth of the bottle;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the bottle, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the bottle taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The bottle, which is indicated in general by the numeral 1, is formed of glass, although other materials may be employed and includes a bottom 2 and a neck 3, the upper end of which is thickened, as shown at 4, to define a head or mouth which tapers upwardly and is then enlarged to provide a circumferentially extending marginal bead 5. This is a convenfrom being broken when applying caps in a capping machine or removing' the caps, there has been provided reeni-orcements 6' and 7 which are permanently applied to the bottom and mouth of the bottle. 4

The upper reenforcement consists of a band of sheet metal which tits about the mouth of the bottle and is so shaped that itwill conform to the contour of the bottle mouth, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Tongues 8 which are spaced from each otherv circumferentially of the band project inwardly from the lower edge thereof into the bottle and at its upper end the band is formed with an inwardly extending flange 9 which overlies the mouth of the bottle and carries tongues 10 which extend downwardly therefrom and are embedded in the bottle. It will, of course, be understood that the band is pressed to assume the desired shape with its ytongues eX- tending inwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, and is 1 applied to the bottle during molding thereof7 so that, when the bottle is made, the reenforcement will lit closely about its mouth or` head with the tongues embedded in the bottle.

By this arrangement the reenforcement will be rmly held in place and will be prevented from working loose. n

The lower reentorcement 6 for the bottom ofthe bottle also consists of a metal band applied during molding of the bottle and this band is formed with an inwardly extending annular flange 11 which extends beneath the bottom of the bott-le so that, when the bottle is placed in a capping machine, the metal band will rest upon the bottle support and the force of a blow delivered by the capper will be prevented from causing the bottom of the bottle to be broken. Tongues 12 and 13 extend from the flange and the upper edge of f the band in spaced relation to each other circumferentially of the band and are embedded in the bottle so that this reenforcing band as well as the upper band will be firmly anchored to the bottle and prevented from working loose.

By having the bottle provided with the upper and lower reenforcing bands, it may be placedinacappingmachine and a cap crimped about the mouth of the bottle in the usual manner without danger of the mouth or boti tom of the bottle being broken by the force of the blow delivered by the capper and since the upper reenforcement fits close to the bottle and, in fact, has its outer surface Hush with the outer surface of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, a cap of a conventional size and formation may be employed and no trouble will be experienced when applying the caps. Occasionally a cap is applied too tightly to a bottle and when it is attempted to remove it the mouth of the bottle will be broken but by having the reenforcements constituting the subject-matter of this invention the mouth of the bottle will be reenforced and a cap can be removed in the usual manner withoutdanger of breaking the bottle. It will thus be seen that loss due to breaking bottles and glass dropping into the contents of the bottles will be eliminated and also there will be no danger of a person receiving cuts while opening a bottle.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

l. A bottle, and a protector for the bottle permanently applied thereto and consisting of a band fitting closely about the bottle and having tongues embedded in the bottle to permanently anchor the band to the bottle.

2. A bottle, and a protector for the bottle permanently applied thereto and consisting of a band fitting closely about the bott-le and having inwardly extending tongues spaced from each other eircumferentially of the band and embedded in the bottle to anchor the band to the bottle.

3. A bottle, and a protector for the bottle permanently applied thereto and consisting of a band fitting closely about the bottle and having an inwardly extending annular ian ge overlapping the bottle, and tongues extending from the band and flange and embedded in the bottle to permanently anchor the protector to the bottle.

4. A bottle, and a protector for the bottle permanently applied thereto and consisting of a band fitting closely about the neck of the bottle in conformity to the contour thereof and having its upper portion bent to form a flange overlying the mouth of the bottle, and tongues extending from the Aliange and lower' edge of the band and embedded in the bottle to permanently anchor the protector to the bottle.

5. A bottle, and a protector for the bottle permanently applied thereto and consisting of a band fitting closely about the lower portion of the bottle and having an annular flange extending beneath the bottom ot' the bottle, and tongues extending` from the flange and upper edge of the band and embedded in the bottle to permanently anchor the protector to the bottle.

6. A glass bottle having a metallic reenforcement permanently incorporated therein during manufact-ure7 said. reenforoement consisting of a band covering the marginal portion of the bottom and the adjacent portion of the body of the bottle and having angular'- ly disposed anchoring elements embedded in the body and the bottom.

7. A glass bottle having metallic reenforcements permanently incorporated therein during manufacture, one of said reenforeemem's being disposed at the bottom of the bottle and extending` over the marginal portions of the bottom and the body and another reenforcement being disposed around the mouth of the bottle and extending over the marginal portions of the mouth and neck of the bottle, both said reinforcements having angularly disposed anchoring elements embedded 'in the material of the bottle and being flush with the outer surfaces of the bottle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

VILLY EDELMUTII. [1.. s] 

